Google plans to attack Microsoft's core business by taking on the software giant's globally dominant Windows operating system for personal computers.
Google Chrome Operating System, the new software will be in netbooks in the second half of 2010.

Google plans to attack Microsoft's core business by taking on the software giant's globally dominant Windows operating system for personal computers.
Google Chrome Operating System, the new software will be in netbooks in the second half of 2010.

Google Chrome OS Cost

Google did not say how much it would charge for the operating system (OS), but Enderle expects Google to charge at most a nominal fee or make it free, saying the company's business model has been to earn revenue from connecting applications or advertising.

Google Chrome OS features

Fast & light weight : The new Chrome OS is expected to work well with many of the company's popular software applications. It will be fast and less memory-intensive, enabling users to access the Web in a few seconds.
The new system is designed to work with ARM and x86 chips, the main chip architectures in use in the market. Microsoft has previously said it would not support PCs running on ARM chips, allowing Google an opportunity to infiltrate that segment.

A Critic on Microsoft OS

The operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web," Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management at Google, said in the blog post. The Chrome operating system is "our attempt to rethink what operating systems should be."